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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Tutorial</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Welcome to Enterprise Architect! This quick-start tutorial helps you start UML modeling with Enterprise Architect.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">As you read through the Quick Start sections, have Enterprise Architect open so that you can explore and try out the functions described. By the end of the Quick Start tutorial you should be able to begin modeling your own software projects with Enterprise Architect and UML.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The tutorial guides you through creating a simple project. Throughout the descriptions there are hyperlinks to more detailed information on a range of topics. Follow these links if you would like more information, or ignore them if you want to just follow the steps.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Your task is to create a new <a href="what_is_a_project.htm">project</a> and then add a View, package, diagram, elements and connectors.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Create a Project</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">When you start Enterprise Architect it opens at the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="thestartpage.htm">Start Page</a></span><span class="f_BodyText">:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Create a New Project</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> option. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">New Project</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog displays.</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">In the</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"> File name</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> field, type a meaningful name for the project and click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Save</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button to create the project file. The </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="model_wizard.htm">Select Model(s)</a></span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog displays.</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">You now select one or more <a href="model_patterns.htm">model templates</a> (these provide you with the basic structures - packages and diagrams - for your project, as well as references to useful help files to get you started). Select the checkbox of each model that interests you.</span></li>
<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button. Enterprise Architect creates a Model Package for each selected template and displays it in the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="projectexplorer.htm">Project Browser</a></span><span class="f_NumberedList">, on the right-hand side of the screen.</span></li>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">You could also quickly create a project by copying an existing base project provided with Enterprise Architect; see the </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="createanewproject.htm">Copy a Base Project</a></span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> topic.</span></p>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Expand The Project</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To navigate through your project, in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_BodyText"> click on the 'plus' icon against each folder or </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">package </span><span class="f_BodyText">to expand it</span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Double-click on the </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">diagram</span><span class="f_BodyText"> icon displayed underneath a package name. Enterprise Architect displays the sample diagram for that model in the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="diagramview.htm">Diagram View</a></span><span class="f_BodyText">, which is in the middle of the screen.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Add a View To Your Model</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Now that you have created a project containing at least one model, you can add a <a href="manageviews.htm">View</a> to a model, and then add a package with diagram, elements and connectors (relationships).</span></p>




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